Policing, Ethics and Human RightsRoutledge, 2001 M01 1 - 256 pages Ethical and human rights issues have assumed an increasingly high profile in the wake of miscarriages of justice, racism (Lawrence Inquiry), incompetence and corruption - in both Britain and overseas. At the same time the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998 in England and Wales will have a major impact on policing, challenging many of the assumptions about how policing is carried out. This book aims to provide an accessible introduction to the key issues surrounding ethics in policing, linking this to recent developments and new human rights legislation. It sets out a powerful case for a modern 'ethical policing' approach. Policing, Ethics and Human Rights argues that securing and protecting human rights should be a major, if not the major, rationale for public policing. |
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... andthe emerging 'surveillance culture' in society, which hefeltwas having a damagingimpact on privacy, trustandfreedom of expression. He argueda distinction between 'ethical deception' – authorisedby the citizenry and controlled by law ...
... and the 'canteen'. Robert Reiner (1978)first concentrated on culture– in theform of 'policeunionism', which was onthe ascendant in the 1970s asaresult of poor pay and conditions. He next turned topolitics and accountability (1985),which ...
... andthe marginalized underclass. Strong citizen rights restrain policing and force it to be more respectable. But policing is always waiting forthe next scandal because it 'operates in a nether world justbeyond the limits of ...
... andthe momentum inthe emerging Eastern European democracies fora new contract of policing (ICJ,1999) providea unique opportunity. It heralds a major 'paradigm' shift for all police officers and practitioners in the criminal justice ...
... andthe liberty ofthe citizenin opposition. This might be a reasonable argument if the only rights that are important and recognised inhuman rights jurisprudence arethoseofthe citizen as suspect. But thisisnotthe case. The EuropeanCourt ...
Contents
A history ofthe policing mission | |
Notes | |
Ethics and policing | |
towardsethics | |
Complaints misconduct and corruption | |
Policing diversity | |
Further | |
Training | |
Personnel investigations operational controls and anticorruption | |
Conclusions | |
Decision making | |
Ethical codes | |
A new ethicsfor policing? | |
human rightsasa new agenda in policing | |
Part 2 | |
The professionalvocation of policing? The cultures of policing Discretion | |
Towards anew paradigm | |
Operational ethics | |
Conclusions | |
The UKpolice services response to the Human Rights Act 1998 | |
Integrating human rights intoperformance management and inspections Observations from nongovernmental organisations | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |